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<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Seminar</strong> on Postmodern Literary Theory and Literature , Jan. 27-28, 2012, Nanded toward Cutter, who is, however, pushed away by Z at the last moment. Mandible inadvertently takes Z with him back down into the flooded colony, and gets killed when he lands upon a root while Z falls into the water. Cutter, taking charge, orders the other soldier ants to help the workers and the queen onto the surface while he himself rescue Z. Although it seems that Z has drowned, Bala successfully resuscitates him. Z is lauded for his heroism and marries Bala. Together they rebuild the colony with Cutter as their General, transforming the colony from a conformist military state into a community that values each and every one <strong>of</strong> its members. The film is loosely based on the novel Brave New World by Aldus Huxley; the setting for the strong is an ant colony in central park in New York City, under the chronological time span <strong>of</strong> 4 days. The protagonist z is symbolically a neurotic and individualistic worker and living in a wholly conformist society who longs for the opportunity to truly express him. The film also paradise the suffocating royal life as well as the war lord general. Here the motifs like insectopia, mega-tunnel, praying mantis and towering ladders are very symbolic. The antagonist mandible is truly a fascist Hitler like hypocrite is really a momentum <strong>of</strong> the movie The Antz is truly didactic, z is lauded for his heroism and married princess Bala. Together they rebuild the colony with cutter as their general, transforming the colony from a conformist military state in to a community that values each an d every one <strong>of</strong> its members. [4] This movie received positive reviews. Review aggregate rotten tomatoes reports that 95% <strong>of</strong> critics have given the film a positive review based on 85 review with an average score <strong>of</strong> 7.7/10. The critical consensus is References:- 1. Stam, Robert. Film Theory : An Anthology, New York, Wiley-Blackwell.2010 (P.1) wonderful animation backed by humor and the vocal talents <strong>of</strong> its cast make for an entertaing movie, Antz was the first animated dream works film to receive over 90% <strong>of</strong> its reviews as very positive and the only one until How to Train Your Dragon. Even Roger Berts praised the film saying that it’s sharp and funny”. The variety <strong>of</strong> themes, interesting visuals and voice acting were each aspects <strong>of</strong> the film that were praised. According to time magazine the protagonist is a limit neurotically oppressed sexually obsessed flumly fanny urban male who somehow stumbles his way to conditional happiness time further asserts. In the dark-toned computer animation kids may be puzzled by rebellious worker ants chanting Marxist slogans. (Stam, Robert:9) According to a positive response is a milestone <strong>of</strong> animation complexity despite some visual sameness, it clearly contrasts a vast underground world with the larger one under the sun, and deftly keeps a love strong alive amid crucial political crisis. .(Stam, Robert:14). Hence we can assert that the film strikes creative gold with a sequence in which protagonist Z breaks out <strong>of</strong> his stifling situation by trading places with weaver buddy and a hunky warrior who’d rather be a worker ordered into battle, emerges as a hero and this gets big attention from his love with whom ultimately flees the colony. Thus we can say that Z and Bala encounter the giant world <strong>of</strong> humans. They both get stepped on by a kid but cling to a piece <strong>of</strong> gum and the bottom <strong>of</strong> his shoe as he runs through a park. The action is shown from their point <strong>of</strong> view and it’s a gem. 5. Ibid. Stam, Robert. Film Theory : An Anthology, New York, Wiley-Blackwell.2010 2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antz 3. Stam, Robert. Film Theory : An Anthology, New York, Wiley-Blackwell.2010. 4. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/antz/ 524 PLTL-2012: ISBN 978-81-920120-0-1
<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Seminar</strong> on Postmodern Literary Theory and Literature , Jan. 27-28, 2012, Nanded Adumbration <strong>of</strong> Major Concepts in Film Theory --Sushil A. Deshmukh, Tuljaram Chaturchand College, Baramati Dist- Pune, 413102. Cinema has arguably been the most powerful cultural phenomenon <strong>of</strong> the twentieth century. As a mode <strong>of</strong> mass public culture, art practice, vehicle <strong>of</strong> propaganda and documentary reflection, it has been integral to the development <strong>of</strong> modern societies. Film theory is an academic discipline which intends to explore the essence <strong>of</strong> the Cinema and provides ideas and principles based frame works to understand film’s relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers and society at large. Living in a multi-centered media world, academia has begun to draw upon from an elective range <strong>of</strong> disciplinary approaches- media and cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, film and performance studies and more, to accommodate perspectives and research methods from both the humanities and social sciences. Literature, media and films are means <strong>of</strong> communication and these have had an enormous influence on every single one <strong>of</strong> us. Film theory is a verbal representation <strong>of</strong> the film complex. However, Film Theory is not to be confused with general film criticism, though there can be some crossover between the two disciplines. One <strong>of</strong> the notable predecessors <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong> ‘Film Theory’ is the French philosopher Henri Bergson. His work “Matter and Memory” (1896) had wide influence ‘during the birth <strong>of</strong> cinema. Bergson coined the terms “the movement image” and “the time image.” Early Film-Theory arose in the silent era and was mostly concerned with defining the crucial elements <strong>of</strong> cinema as a medium. It largely evolved from the works <strong>of</strong> directors like Germaine Dulac, Louis Dellue, Jean Epstein, Sergei Eisenstain, Lev Kuleshov, and Dziga Vertov and film theorists like Rudolf Arnheim and Bela Balazs. These individuals emphasized how film differed from reality and how it might be considered a valid art form. However, the French critic Andre Bazin voiced against this approach. He argued that film’s essence lay in its ability to mechanically reproduce reality, not in its difference from reality. American scholar David Bordwell has used the humorously derogatory term “SLAB theory” to refer to film studies based on the ideas <strong>of</strong> Saussure, Lacan, Althusser and Barthes. Film always exceeds attempts to institute such New- Critical readings, because <strong>of</strong> its history. Film’s promiscuity points every day and in every way toward the social. It is three things, all at once: a recorder <strong>of</strong> reality; a manufacturer <strong>of</strong> reality and part <strong>of</strong> reality.Film is a marker <strong>of</strong> culture: ………………….not even the final target <strong>of</strong> enquiry, but part <strong>of</strong> a wider argument about representations-- the social process <strong>of</strong> making images, sounds, signs stand for something………….In effect, Film Theory becomes part <strong>of</strong> the wider field <strong>of</strong> disciplines and approaches called cultural studies (Turner 1988:38). This suggests that the study <strong>of</strong> cinema is about how consciousness and systems <strong>of</strong> value are created and either bind society together or illuminate its fissures. Film attained its majority as one <strong>of</strong> the principal new forms <strong>of</strong> inter-war communication. Along with the popular press and radio, it was designated as ideal for propaganda and social uplift. Specific Theories <strong>of</strong> Film: Apparatus theory – Apparatus theory came into prominence in 1970s. The term 'cinematic apparatus' refers to both an industrial machine as well as a mental or psychic apparatus. Jean Louis Baudry and Metz and Mulvey analyze the cinema as an institutuion. Baudry explored his ideas about the cinematic apparatus in his essay ‘ Ideological Effects <strong>of</strong> the Basic Cinematographic Apparatus’. He maintains that cinema is by nature ideological because its mechanics <strong>of</strong> representation are ideological. Its mechanics <strong>of</strong> representation include the camera and editing. The central position <strong>of</strong> the spectator within the perspective <strong>of</strong> the composition is also ideological. Apparatus theory argues that cinema 525 PLTL-2012: ISBN 978-81-920120-0-1
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